Disclaimer: I am not sure if it is right place to ask, but I don’t know any better.
- I need to mount cameras outside of the house. I have to go with cables through the outside wall. Any hints what kind of pipe for cables is the best to use for outside wall? I want to make it isolated from wet and cold / hot. What kind of mount for camera? I am looking something standard.
random photo (not my wall or camera)
- I guess PoE cameras are unnecessary expensive and better to go with Ethernet cable + power separately? What do you recommend? I didn’t do research yet.
- Do you know any nice looking solution to put switch into wall? Sure I can use switch outside of the wall in common way, but I wan to make it look good. I didn’t find any good looking solution which let to do it inside of the wall. Unfortunately position in the room for cable is in the worst possible place in the room.
Currently it looks like this, I have to modify it, because from there I have to split internet into more places.
I bought a 2 pack of these for $90 on sale.
https://amcrest.com/prohd-5mp-outdoor-security-ip-turret-poe-camera-2-8mm-lens-103-fov-ip67-weatherproof-white-ip5m-t1179ew-28mm.html
PoE is 100% the way to go. You can have a UPS on the circuit where your switch is, and cameras won’t cut out any time you need to pop a breaker and do any electrical work.
I had some spare PoE injectors from other equipment, and I’m sure you can find some secondhand ones for cheap. Seriously, running a single low voltage wire cannot be understated.
If you need to run conduit outside I would just use some small grey PVC. Or you can find outdoor rated Cat5/6 cable with black sheathing that will resist UV, and is filled with dielectric grease.
As far as a switch in the wall, they should sell some steel or PVC boxes that will sit in between studs and mount flush. Kind of looks a circuit breaker panel. Mostly used in commercial buildings, so you might want to check an electrical supply house locally.